Bucket-strainer.



No. 638,787. Patented Dec. l2, I899. A. WOLF.

BUCKET STBAINER.

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ALBERT IVOLF, OF LOOKING GLASS PRAIRIE, ILLINOIS.

BUCKET-STRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,787, dated December12, 1899. Application filed October 15, 1898. Serial No. 693,629. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT WOLF, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Looking Glass Prairie, in the county of St. Clair and Stateof Illinois, have invented a new and useful Bucket-Strainer, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to buckets, and has for its object to providecertain new attacl1- ments thereto whereby an ordinary bucket may beeffectively converted into a funnel or a strainer without affecting theusefulness of the bucket in its ordinary capacity as a containingvessel.

To this end the present invention consists in the combination andarrangement of the several parts of the attachments, all of which willbe hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a bucket having aportion thereof broken away and all of the attachments being in place.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 3 is a detail viewof the strainer.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the draw- 1ngs.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates an ordinary tin bucket havingthe usual bailhandle 2. An opening is provided centrally through thebottom of the bucket, and a nipple 3 is secured therein. This nipple isflush with the inner side of the bottom of the bucket, but extends belowthe same on the outside, with its lower end fiush or within the plane ofthelower edge of the bottom rim 4 of the bucket. This arrangement issuch as to permit of the bucket resting evenly upon its base. Theprojecting portion of the nipplc is externally threaded, as at 5, andthe internal portion thereof is threaded throughout its entire length.

When used as an ordinary bucket, an eX- ternally-threadedclosure-plugliis fitted flush within the nipple 3, closing the openingthereof and rendering the bucket capable of its ordinary functions.

To convert the bucket into a funnel, the plug 6, having the usualslot7across its outer face, is removed by means of a suitable tool, anda hollow internally-threaded stem or neck 8 is fitted to the projectingend of the nipple. This neck, being much smaller than the bottom .of thebucket, may be inserted into the mouth of a bottle, jug, or otherreceptacle, as is usual With the ordinary form of funnel. In someinstaucesit may befound convenient to let the plug remain in the nippleuntil the bucket is filled, when the latter may be carried to anydesired spot and the plug then removed through the hollow neck, as willbe understood.

If it is desired to strain. the contents of the bucket, a strainer 9 isfirst placed in the bucket. This strainer comprises an approximatelybulb-shaped body of gauze or suitable foraminous material, having itslower end open and provided with an externally-threaded hollowcoupling-stem 10. This stem is adapted to be fitted into the nipple 3,so as to mount the strainer within the bucket and provide a continuouspassage from the interior of the strainer through the nipple. The shapeand size of the strainer may be varied as desired; but the egg shapeherein described and illustrated in the drawings is preferred.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that the lower edge of thecoupling-stem 10 forms a stop for the closure-plug 6, so as to preventthe latter from being moved into the interior of the bucket.

It will be noted that the attachments may be all carried at once by thebucket and that they may be used singly or in combination with eachother, as desired. The several parts may be quickly placed in positionfor use and may be as readilydetached and cleaned, thus producing aperfectly sanitary article.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope or sacrificing any of the advantagesof the present invention, and

therefore I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to theprecise construction and arrangement as herein described.

Having thus described the invention, I claim The combination with abucket having a foot-flange, and an opening formed through the bottomthereof, of an internally and externally threaded nipple pendent fromthe walls of the opening in the bottom of the bucket, and terminatingshort of the plane of the lower edge of the foot-flange, a bulbl thelower edge of the foot-flange, substan= shaped strainer located withinthe bucket tially. as and for the purpose set forth.

and having an externally-threaded stem re- In testimony that I claim theforegoing as movably fitted Within the inner end of the my own I havehereto affixed my signature in 5 nipple, an externally-threadedclosure-plug the presence of two witnesses.

removably fitted through the outer end of I 1 the nipple and against theadjacent end of ALBERT WOLF the stem of the strainer, and an internally-Witnesses: threaded funnel-neck removably fitted to the OSCAR GINZEL, IOexterior of the nipple and projecting below ALFRED GINZEL.

